Why Didn’t The Super Mario Bros. Movie Just Replicate The Video Games’ Iconic Themes? The Composer Speaks Out

Why Didn’t The Super Mario Bros. Movie Just Replicate The Video Games’ Iconic Themes? The Composer Speaks Out
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Video game adaptations are hard because, on one hand, you want to honor the source material while on the other you want to create something new and original. For example, when it came to The Super Mario Bros. Movie — which received mixed reviews when it came out last year — it would have been easy to just replicate the game’s music and call it a day. However, the composer for the flick didn’t do that, and for good reason.

The Mario games all have iconic scores, and composer Brian Tyler knows that. As a lifelong fan of the world of Super Mario, he is no stranger to the themes and audio of the games. So, part of the challenge while making the film was deciding what stays and makes for fun Super Mario Easter eggs, what goes, and whether or not the film should replicate the Mushroom Kingdom we already know or pay homage to it while still being original. While speaking to Deadline about these choices, the composer said:

We ended up going outside of the sound of a game and into doing a recorded full live orchestra.

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